SPCE 611 exam 4 Questions with Correct
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Stan has to walk home from work, which is a one-mile walk. It is
July when it is 102 degrees out. Stan sees a convenience store with
a sign that says, "ice-cold drinks here," and he realizes how thirsty
he is. He goes into the convenience store to buy a drink. What does
the sign saying, " ice-cold drinks here" function as? Answer:
discriminative stimulus
Food is a reinforcer for 5-year-old Kelsey, but she just ate lunch.
What effect does eating lunch have on food as a reinforcer?
Answer: abolishing operation
Mr. Smith is working with a student on learning numbers. Mr. Smith
teaches the child to match the number with itself or in other words,
to match to sample (MTS). Which type of relation does this
represent? Answer: A to A relation
Carrie is a job coach working with a student in an office. Carrie
notices that the student is having a hard time alphabetizing the
files. Carrie tells the student to watch her and then shows her how
to alphabetize files. Which type of prompt is she using? Answer:
modeling
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Which of the following is a stimulus that in the presence of which, a
response will not be reinforced? Answer: S-delta
Stimulus control has been achieved when: Answer: A response
occurs more frequently in the presence of a specific stimuus but
rarely occurs in the absence of the stimulus.
Which of the following would be included in a feature stimulus class
for ducks: Answer: webbed feet
If you are teaching a client to make his bed, which of the following
represents a backward chaining approach? Answer: Having the
trainer complete all steps except the last one (putting the pillow on
the bed). The student puts the pillows on the bed by himself. When
he has mastered that step, the traininer completes all but the last
two steps, and the student completes those. And so on...
The high school marching band performs a different routine every
Friday night during halftime of the football game. These routines
have many, many steps and constitute behavioral chains. When
teaching each routine, the band director first shows the students the
full show and then has the band perform the whole thing, while
prompting them through it (e.g., "Keep going, remember, next, we
will march forward for 8 counts."). Even though many of the
students do not get all of the moves right during the first few tries,
the band director continues to have them run the full routine over
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